The Battle of Brandy Station: North America's Largest Cavalry Battle (Eric J. Wittenberg - CWC) rooster Some historians have suggested that

Some historians have suggested that Law deliberately disobeyed an order to launch his assault up the Emmitsburg Road

The desperate struggle for mastery of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley

the husband and father destined to be remembered for his death tableau

Grant Association’s Presidential Library

a soldier’s footlocker still packed with its contents

The Battle of Brandy Station: North America's Largest Cavalry Battle (Eric J. Wittenberg - CWC) rooster Some historians have suggested thatThe Battle of Brandy Station: North America's Largest Cavalry Battle by Eric Wittenberg Just before dawn on June 9, 1863, Union soldiers materialized from a thick fog near the banks of Virginia's Rappahannock River to ambush sleeping Confederates. The ensuing struggle, which lasted throughout the day and included some 20,500 soldiers, was to become known as the Battle of Brandy Station. By the end, Union casualties were 907 (69 killed, 352 wounded,